The experimental conservation project aims to create alternative spawning habitat for Great Lakes whitefish, which have suffered steep population declines.

Dec. 18—HARBOR SPRINGS — Off the shores of Waganakising waters, now known as Little Traverse Bay, another spawning season of lake whitefish wrapped up for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa ...

Filmmakers Zach Melnick and Yvonne Drebert have become the first to capture footage of lake whitefish spawning within our great lakes. This accomplishment is not just a win for the documentary ...

Commercial fishing on the Great Lakes was built on lake whitefish, but for the past two decades, that species has been on the decline. It's now on the brink of collapse in parts of two of the lakes.

MANCELONA, MI — Can lake whitefish, an imperiled mainstay of the Great Lakes fishery, learn to reproduce in northern Michigan rivers? Fishery managers think they can. This month, 100,000 whitefish ...

GREAT LAKES, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- One of northern Michigan's most popular fish is whitefish. It's something that reels people into the Great Lakes every summer. Some people are concerned because of ...